Apparel-collar.



H. E. SHUMWAY. APPAREL COLLAR. I APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1909.

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TED @ATES HARRY E. SHUMWAY, OF WATERFORD, NE W & 00., or TROY, new roar*1, a

YORK, ASSIGNOR TO VAN ZANDT, JACOBS CORPORATION 01? NEW YORK.

APPAREL-COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

.ltatented Feb. 24, 1914.

Serial No. 510,164.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HA RY E. SIIUMWAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waterford, county of Saratoga, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Apparel-Collars, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvei'nents and consists of the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompany ing drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figurestherein.

My invention relates to articles of wearing apparel which have been madecoinparatively stiff and rigid by laundry-starch or other stifleningmaterial, and more especially to turn-down or fold-collars.

The object of the invention is to facilitate the insertion of buttons inbuttonholes rendered comparatively stiff and rigid by laundry-starch orother stiffening material, as well as to improve the fit of the garment.

The invention consists in providing one end of a collar-band or otherportion of a garment with a buttonhole having comparatively stiff andrigid walls, in which a button secured to another portion of the garmentcan be easily and quickly inserted, as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and subsequently pointed out in the claim.

Figure l of the drawings is a front elevation of a detachable turn-downcollar detached, and showing; the ends wholly separated from each other.A. portion of each end of the collar-top is broken away to show thebuttonholes in the ends of the band. Fig. 2 is a similar view, exceptthat the ends are brought together to the position assumed in use.

The collar is composed of the band, 1, and the top or turn-down portion2.

tance from the neighboring end of the top, while the other end, 4;, ofthe band projects a considerable distance from the neighbon f ing end ofthe top, and has its upper edge, 5, shaped to lit the fold, 6, wheninserted therein between the band-end, 3., and the neighboring end ofthe collar-top. The

One l end, 3, of the band projects only a short disband end, 3, isprovided with a buttonhole, 8, located just back of the neighboring endof the collar-top, as shown by solid lines in Fig. 1, and by dottedlines in Fig. 2, adapted to receive a collar-button or stud. The otherend of the band is provided with a buttonholc, 9, located just back ofthe neiglr boring end of the collar-top, as shown by solid lines in Fig.l, and by dotted lines in Fig. 2. This buttonhole is adapted to receivethe button inserted in the buttonhole, 8, and thereby secure the ends ofthe collar in the position shown in Fig. 2, wherein it will be seen thatthe ends of the collar-top nearly contact with each other, making itdiflicult to insert the collar-button in the buttonhole By having thebuttonhole, 9, inclined as shown, it will. not be necessary to lap theends of the collar-band so great a distance in order to cause the wholeof the button-head to pass the lower or forward end oi the huttonhole,as it would if the buttonhole was not inclined to the medianlongitudinal line of the collar-band. Much less stress, therefore, isrequired to lap the ends of the collar-band sutliciently to insert thehead of the button in the buttonhole, 9, when the buttonhole isinclined. as shown, which greatly facilitates the ease of inserting thebutton, and this is of great importance when the buttonholes areconcealed beneath the ends of the collar-tops, as shown, where they arenot so easily accessible as would be the case if they were not covered.Furthermore, the inclination of the buttonhole, 9, causes that end ofthe collar-band to move upwardly when it is released from. the stresswhich caused the ends of the band to lap sufficiently to insert thebutton, for the reason that the upper inclined wall of the buttonholeslides along the shank of the button until the shank rests in theextreme forward lower end of the buttonhole, thereby forcing the upperedge, 5, of the hand against the fold, (S, on the other end of thecollar, causing the parts to i assume their proper and intended positionl while in use, as shown in Fig. 2. It should 3 be observed that theinclined buttonhole is closed and extends from the button-engag- 3 ingend obliquely upward and backward beneath the collar-top, whereby thestress between the button and the buttonhole walls tends to force theprojecting end, 5, of the end of the slit for the reception of the shank10 hand up into the fold, 6, and maintain it of the collar button.there. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set lghat I claim as newand desire to secure my hand this 24 day of July, 1909. a by ottersPatent isi r A turned down lock-front collar having HARRK SHUAUVAY' theusual locking tab, said tab having a buti Witnesses: tonhole providedWith a slit extending Roxanna E. HOLLINGER, downwardly and a recesslocated at the lower 1 L. NI. ELLENBOGEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patent: Washington. D. C.

